Mary Brown chords by Dave Alvin

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Verse 1
Am 
Well my name is Charlie Thomas
and I'm as good a man as you
And for the love of Mary Brown
Em 
there's nothin' that I won't do
C 
G 
Well her husband was a banker,
Em 
yet she told me he was cruel
Am 
C 
G 
So I left his body lyin' in the yard
Am 
where their roses grew.

Verse 2
Am 
Well she and I grew up neighbors where
Em 
Am 
the houses   looked the same
And I swear that I loved Mary Brown
Em 
before I knew her name
C 
G 
And after she married and he
Em 
moved her away
Am 
C 
You know she'd still come back and lay
G 
Am 
with me like nothin' had ever changed.

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Verse 3

I know what's what's wrong

and right

What goes around, comes around

But there ain't nothin'

that I won't do

For the love of Mary

Brown.

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Am 
Well people like him always
Em 
Am 
look down on me
Because I've done a little
Em 
time for armed robbery
C 
G 
Yeah, but Mary Brown knows
Em 
I'm from a good family
Am 
C 
And she didn't say nothing' when
G 
Am 
C 
she slipped me the back door key.

Verse 5
G 
I know what's wrong
Em 
and right
Am 
What goes around comes around
Em 
C 
But there ain't nothin'
G 
Em 
that I won't do
Am 
For the love of Mary Brown.

Interlude 2

Verse 6
Am 
Well at my trial she testified
Em 
Am 
she kissed me once or twice
But she swore that was long
Em 
before she became his wife
C 
G 
And every time I looked at
Em 
her she avoided my eyes
Am 
C 
And the jury sentenced me
G 
Am 
to twenty- five years to life.

Verse 7
Am 
Now I haven't seen Mary Brown
since the trial's end
And she never answers
Em 
the letters that I send
C 
G 
Em 
And I heard that she married her
husband's best friend
Am 
C 
Yeah but for the love of Mary Brown,
G 
man I'd do it all again.
Am 

Verse 8
C 
G 
I know what's wrong
Em 
and right
What goes around,
Am 
C 
Em 
G 
Em 
comes around
Am 
C 
But there ain't nothin'
G 
Em 
that I won't do
Am 
For the love of Mary Brown.